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WEB HOSTING SERVICE PROVIDERS

                 Web hosting service providers are the organizations that provide servers, connectivity, and associated
                 services to host websites. They offer different types of plans ranging from free with limited services
                 to expensive web hosting services specialized for large business. Once you select the desired plan,

                 your web hosting service provider will give you the domain name system (DNS) which makes sure
                 that the browser connects to the right server on which your website’s files are stored.


                        TYPES OF WEB HOSTING

                 There are mainly four types of web hosting: Shared Web Hosting, VPS Web Hosting, Dedicated Web
                 Hosting and Self Service Web Hosting. Let us learn about these in detail.

                      Shared Web Hosting

                 Shared hosting means to hosts your website on a shared server. A shared server is server on which some

                 other websites are also hosted. The main advantage of this type of hosting is to share cost. This type of
                 web hosting service providers provides services like hosting space, technical support and e-mail better
                 than the free web hosting service providers. Some examples of shared web hosting service providers are:
                 •      https://www.bluehost.com                   •      https://in.godaddy.com


                      VPS Web Hosting

                 Virtual Private Server (VPS) web hosting service providers give you one physical server which act like
                 multiple or separate servers. These are expensive than the shared web hosting service providers.
                 Some of the examples of the VPS web hosting service providers are:

                 •      https://www.hostwinds.com                  •      https://www.bluehost.com

                      Dedicated Web Hosting

                 Dedicated web hosting service providers give you a separate server for your website, which means
                 you are renting one physical server from a hosting organization. You can have full control of your
                 server. Generally, large organizations choose this type of web hosting service. Some of the examples
                 of the dedicated web hosting service providers:

                 •      https://www.hostgator.com                  •      https://www.siteground.com


                      Self-service Web Hosting

                 Self-service  web hosting means  to  create your own
                 server  on your  computer and  host your  website on  it.                 Tech Fact
                 For this, you need to purchase web server software and        Publishing  a  website  requires
                 install on your computer. Ensure that there are sufficient    some amount of money according
                 cooling and power in your machine room. You also need         to the plan you have selected.
                 to take care of storage capacity and bandwidth of your
                 internet connection.

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